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Albertus
The Biography of a Typeface (The ABC of Fonts)
Series: The ABC of Fonts
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More than a decade on from the publication of the Sunday Times bestselling JUST MY TYPE, Simon Garfield presents a new series of beautifully designed pocket biographies of iconic typefaces
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One of the most beautiful handcrafted typefaces in the world, Albertus is also one of the most enduring.
The face of thousands of book jackets, and the chosen look for David Bowie, Coldplay, Star Wars and London street signs, Albertus is as warmly enticing on film posters as it is on memorial plaques.
The story of the font is one of displacement (its designer Berthold Wolpe was a German Jewish refugee who went on to design the masthead for The Times), but also one of permanence, for it has proved a fresh, vibrant and indestructible face for almost a century. In this unique celebration, the designer's children reveal the history of its creation and the erratic brilliance of their father, while the book grapples with one of the fundamental artistic questions: what makes great art not only survive but flourish in each new age and medium?
Series: The ABC of Fonts
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ISBN: 9781399609241
Publisher: Orion Publishing Co
Format: Hardback
Date Published: 09 November 2023
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Illustration: integrated b&w
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 24.0mm
Width: 138.0mm
Height: 200.0mm
Weight: 220g
Pages: 144
About the Author
Simon Garfield is the author of the international bestsellers Just My Type, On the Map and Mauve, while To the Letter was one of the inspirations for the theatre shows Letters Live with Benedict Cumberbatch. His study of AIDS in Britain, The End of Innocence, won the Somerset Maugham prize.
Also by Simon Garfield
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